diff --git a/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/collectors/DNSRecordCollector.java b/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/collectors/DNSRecordCollector.java
index ed8eb8e5..1e282eb4 100644
--- a/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/collectors/DNSRecordCollector.java
+++ b/agent_api/src/main/java/dev/aikido/agent_api/collectors/DNSRecordCollector.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import dev.aikido.agent_api.vulnerabilities.ssrf.SSRFException;
 import dev.aikido.agent_api.helpers.logging.LogManager;
 import dev.aikido.agent_api.helpers.logging.Logger;
-import dev.aikido.agent_api.vulnerabilities.ssrf.IsPrivateIP;
+import dev.aikido.agent_api.helpers.net.IPValidator;
 import dev.aikido.agent_api.vulnerabilities.ssrf.StoredSSRFDetector;
 import dev.aikido.agent_api.vulnerabilities.ssrf.StoredSSRFException;
 
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ public static void report(String hostname, InetAddress[] inetAddresses) {
                 for (int port : ports) {
                     HostnamesStore.incrementHits(hostname, port);
                 }
-            } else if (!IsPrivateIP.isPrivateIp(hostname)) {
-                // Literal IPs reach this sink without a real DNS call, so skip private ones as noise.
+            } else if (!IPValidator.isIP(hostname)) {
+                // Skip literal IPs with no pending port: usually inbound IP parsing rather than an outbound request,
+                // and we can't tell them apart here. A real outbound one still hits the blocking/SSRF checks below.
                 HostnamesStore.incrementHits(hostname, 0);
             }
 
diff --git a/agent_api/src/test/java/collectors/DNSRecordCollectorTest.java b/agent_api/src/test/java/collectors/DNSRecordCollectorTest.java
index 55558ad9..dabdcbf1 100644
--- a/agent_api/src/test/java/collectors/DNSRecordCollectorTest.java
+++ b/agent_api/src/test/java/collectors/DNSRecordCollectorTest.java
@@ -259,6 +259,42 @@ public void testNamedHostnameResolvingToPrivateIpWithNoPendingPortStillRecorded(
         assertEquals("internal-service.local", entries[0].getHostname());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testPublicIpLiteralWithNoPendingPortNotRecorded() {
+        Context.set(null);
+        DNSRecordCollector.report("8.8.8.8", new InetAddress[]{inetAddress1});
+        assertEquals(0, HostnamesStore.getHostnamesAsList().length);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPublicIpv6LiteralWithNoPendingPortNotRecorded() {
+        Context.set(null);
+        DNSRecordCollector.report("2606:4700:4700::1111", new InetAddress[]{inetAddress1});
+        assertEquals(0, HostnamesStore.getHostnamesAsList().length);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPublicIpLiteralWithPendingPortStillRecorded() {
+        PendingHostnamesStore.add("8.8.8.8", 443);
+        Context.set(mock(ContextObject.class));
+        DNSRecordCollector.report("8.8.8.8", new InetAddress[]{inetAddress1});
+        Hostnames.HostnameEntry[] entries = HostnamesStore.getHostnamesAsList();
+        assertEquals(1, entries.length);
+        assertEquals(443, entries[0].getPort());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPublicIpLiteralWithNoPendingPortNotRecordedButBlockedInLockdown() {
+        ServiceConfigStore.updateFromAPIResponse(new APIResponse(
+            true, null, 0L, null, null, null, true, List.of(), true, true, List.of()
+        ));
+        Context.set(null);
+        assertThrows(BlockedOutboundException.class, () ->
+            DNSRecordCollector.report("8.8.8.8", new InetAddress[]{inetAddress1})
+        );
+        assertEquals(0, HostnamesStore.getHostnamesAsList().length);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testStoredSSRFWithNoContext() throws InterruptedException {
         ServiceConfigStore.updateBlocking(true);